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CHANGEABLE SIGNAL LIGHT FOR RAILWAY CARS. NO. 391,008. Patented 0013. 16, 1888.

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UNITED STATES ATENT Carina.

\VALTER S. ADAMS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. G. BRILL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CHANGEABLE SIGNAL-LIGHT FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,008, dated October 16, 1888.

Application filed October 12, 1887. Serial No. 252,133.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER S. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phila delphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Changeable Signal-Lights for Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention has relation to street railwaycar bulls-eye or signal lights of the form having different-colored glasses in separate frames so arranged that each frame or glass can be thrown into position in front of the bullseye and moved out of the way of the same for the purpose of readily changing the color of the bulls'eye or signal.

In Patent No. 372,959, dated November 8, 1887, granted to John A. Brill, a form of the above described bulls eye or signal is described and claimed, wherein the separate movable frames having the differentcolored glasses are pivoted to the bullseye frame or to the car, and are intended for use princi' pally upon closed or winter cars, whereon the lamps or bulls-eyes are located upon the ends of the car below the hood or roof of the same. In such position said frames having the different-colored glasses are within convenientreach of the conductor for adjustment of the same to display the desired colored light or signal.

In summer or open cars,wherein the bullseye or signal is located at the ends of the car above the hood, it has been found that the use of colored-glass frames arranged as above described is inconvenient, as the conductor or other person in adjusting the frames has to get upon the car-seats to reach the frames, and this is objectionable, especially so when the seats are occupied by passengers.

To avoid this described objection, and to provide a changeable bulls-eye or signal light of the form described for use upon summer or open cars whereon the bulls-eye is located above the car-hood, is the object of my invention; and it consists of the novel combination, construction, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, and wherein- Figure 1 represents an elevation of a portion of the upper part of one end of a summer (No model.)

or open car, showing a changeable bulls-eye or signal embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, an elevation of the signal devices detached from the car; Fig. 3, a vertical section of part of the same, and Figs. 4 and 5 perspective views of the parts of the same.

A represents the upper portion or part of a summeror open car; a, the hood thereof; B, its bulls-eye or signal light located above the hood a, and G O the separate frames, having different colored glasses 0 0, respectively, which are located normally one on each side of the bulls-eye B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The frames 0 O are connected by preferably converging arms 0* c to the upper or one end of a handle or pull-rod, D, which has in it, preferably at or near the union with it of said arms c 0 an elongated slot, (1, and below the latter a like slot, d, open at its lower end, as more plainly indicated in Figs. 2 and 5. The open end of slot cl may be provided for by laterally recessing the handle D, as indicated at d or otherwise, as desired. The handle D is loosely secured to a bracket, E, by a bolt, screw, or other like fastening, e, which passes freely through slot (1 in said handle, so that it can be raised and lowered and also rotated 011 or about said pivot-bolt. Upon the face or one side of bracket E are projecting studs or pins 0' e and end lugs, e".

The pins or studs 0 e are provided for engagement with the open end slot, d, in handle D to maintain the same in its adjusted position, and the lugs e e are provided for limiting the extent of rotation, oscillation, or lateral movement of rod D and the frames 0 0, having the colored glasses a c, to bring the latter to a full and positive stop exactly in front of the bulls-eye or signal when their position is changed to alter the color of the light or signal. When the rod or handle D and frames G0 are in the position indicated in Fig. land in full lines in Fig. 2, the bulls-eye B is then between said frames 0 O, or the latter are located one on each side of the bulls-eye, and it shows its normal light or signal.

The handle D and frames 0 O are maintained in such position by the engagement of the middle stud or pin, 6, with the open end slot, 11, on said handle, as indicated, which handle extends down into the car within convenient reach of the conductor. To change the color of the signal, the handle D is first moved or raised to release the engagement between the middle stud, e, and the handle-slot d, and is then rotated, oscillated, or moved laterally to the left or right, according to the kind of colored glass a desired to be placed in front of the bulls eye for changing its light or signal. This lastdescribed movement is continued until the handle D impinges against one of the end lugs, 6 whereupon the handle D is pulled down or allowed to drop until its end slot, d, engages with one of the outside studs, 6, then in line therewith for locking the handle and frames in their then adjusted position. Any other adjustments from time to time are made as above described. As the handle D dependsinto the car within the reach of the conductor, said adjustments are readily made without annoyance or inconvenience to the passengers seated in the car.

As it is evident that any number of glasses or frames 0 may be radially secured to handle D and that the detail construction and arrangement of the parts above described may be greatly varied without departing from the spirit of my invention, I do not limit myself to the" details shown. So, too, while I have described the invention as especially applicable to summer or open cars, yet it is evident that they may be applied to closed or winter cars, if desired.

What I claim -is 1. In combination with a fixed bulls-eye or signal, B, the vertically and laterally moving frames 0 G, having a common handle, D, a

bracket or support, E, a pivotal connection between said handle and bracket, and locking devices on said handle and bracket for holding the handle and frames in their adjusted positions, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a bulls-eye or signal, the oscillating or laterally-moving frames 0 0, provided with a handle, D, and having avertically up-and-down movement independent of their oscillating motion, and locking devices for securing said handle and frames in their adjusted positions, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with the hood of a roof of astreet-car, a bulls-eye located in the upper part of said hood, and a vertically andlaterally moving handle, D, depending into the car and provided with separate frames 0 0, having different colored glasses, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination,with bracket E, having end lugs, 0 and pins 6, of handle D, having open end slot, (1, slot d, and frames 0 O, and a pivot-bolt projecting from the bracket into slot at ofthe handle.

5. The combination of bracket E, having lugs e and pins 6', the handle D, having end slot, (1, slot d, and frames 0 O, and pivot-pin e, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VALTER S. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

TH. RANDALL, S. J. VAN STAVOREN. 

